José Calixto Martínez y Moreno


José Calixto Martínez y Moreno was a Colima Insurgent who maintained the Insurgency for the Independence of Mexico in Colima. Among the troops it was known as the "Cadenas." He began his struggle by leading guerrillas and taking small towns near the capital of Colima on the basis of his military system.On May 3, 1811 managed to seize the town of Colima for second In spite of the fact that he had to evict her on May 15, 1811, by the forces of the military and royalist colonel of the River, during the war he commanded an insurgent group that confronted the royalist forces in the Battle of Llanos de Santa Juana. until his death for the Independence of Mexico.



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